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Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest -- all the people from every quarter.
2392. 'Everyone [you have] in the city' is whatever derives anything from truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a city' as doctrinal teaching, and so truth in its entirety, dealt with in 402, 2268.
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